Asking For It

The Heart is an audio art project about power and love. From CBC Podcasts, Mermaid Palace and Radiotopia. SISTERS is a 5 episode series that follows the journey of an older and younger sister from birth to adulthood. Natalie and Kaitlin went from being childhood rivals to being best friends. When the sisters decide to work together to create the very podcast series you are about to listen to, they face challenges they never anticipated. Sibling rivalry, mental health struggles and the daunting task of creating an audio series about it all: can these women overcome the patterns they learned in childhood and live in harmony as adults? More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/mo151CGA

The cycle begins

“Everyone feels the same way when we fall in love, right? But what if I’m a puzzle piece so misshapen that when I find my perfect match... it’s a disaster. Dangerous even?”

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Abuse that is invisible but still leaves a mark

“What would you say if I told you a MAN was doing these things to me?”

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Inside the mind of an abuser

“Why tell a lie when you’ve found the real thing?”

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Internalized Misogyny and Intergenerational Trauma

“Dangit! I’m still alive?”

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Intimate partner violence

“Never in all my years of playing dress-up, of scissoring my Barbies, of pretending to marry my dog, did I ever imagine I would grow up to stare into the eyes of my beloved and say: ‘Can you please stop pointing the gun at me?’”

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Mothering your Mother

The Sisterhood of Cracked Ribs and a Pupil Full of Loaded Gun

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Seven times

“I heard it takes people like seven times to leave their abuser so I’m hoping you can help me. I can’t … I can’t do this seven times.”

Dr. Dar: “Seven times is the average. It could take more than that.”

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How did Goldie get here? She fell in love.